From General to Diplomat: The Success and Failure of George C. Marshall’s Mission to China after World War II

IF 0.1 Q3 HISTORY

Chinese Historical Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1547402X.2020.1788865

Jeffrey M. Widener

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Abstract

In January 1946, President Truman sent George Marshall to China to unite the U.S.-favored Chinese Nationalist Party, headed by Chiang Kai-shek, and the Chinese Communist Party, headed by Mao Tse-tung, in order to achieve a ceasefire and prevent a civil war. Marshall gained initial success: both Chiang and Mao seemed favorable to the cease-fire agreement. Marshall's efforts to deal with the two power-corrupted leaders, however, proved futile since the two parties had different political agendas. Full-scale civil war broke out in the summer of 1946 and Marshall announced the failure of his mission in January 1947. This article indicates the aim of the mission was manifestly unattainable, mitigated his lack of success to a valiant attempt to achieve the impossible.

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从将军到外交官:二战后乔治·马歇尔访华的成败

马歇尔取得了初步的成功:蒋和毛似乎都赞成停火协议。然而，马歇尔试图对付这两位权力腐败的领导人的努力被证明是徒劳的，因为两党有不同的政治议程。1946年夏天，全面内战爆发，1947年1月，马歇尔宣布任务失败。这篇文章表明任务的目标显然是无法实现的，将他的失败减轻为勇敢地尝试实现不可能的目标。

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期刊介绍： The Chinese Historical Review is a fully refereed and vigorously edited journal of history and social sciences that is published biannually. The journal publishes original research on the history of China in every period, China''s historical relations with the world, the historical experiences of the overseas Chinese, as well as comparative and transnational studies of history and social sciences. Its Forum section features interviews with leading scholars on issues concerning history and the historical profession. Its Book Reviews section introduces recent historical scholarship published in English, Chinese, and other languages. The journal is published on behalf of The Chinese Historians in the United States, Inc. (CHUS), which was established in 1987 and is an affiliated society of The American Historical Association (AHA) and The Association for Asian Studies (AAS). The journal began its publication in 1987 under the title Historian. In 1989 it was registered with the Library of Congress and began its publication as a refereed journal of history under the title Chinese Historians. It adopted the current title in 2004.